Cavanaugh named UConn hockey coach

Connecticut has named Boston College assistant coach Mike Cavanaugh, who helped guide the Eagles to four national championships, as its head men's hockey coach.

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Posted May. 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 9, 2013 at 9:13 AM

Posted May. 9, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated May 9, 2013 at 9:13 AM

STORRS, Conn.

Connecticut has named Boston College assistant coach Mike Cavanaugh, who helped guide the Eagles to four national championships, as its head men's hockey coach.

The 45-year-old replaces Bruce Marshall, who took a medical leave of absence in November and resigned in January after 25 years at Connecticut.

Cavanaugh takes over UConn program that is making the transition from a non-scholarship program in the Atlantic Hockey conference, to one of the nation's top hockey conferences, Hockey East.

Cavanaugh, who spent 18 seasons at Boston College, got the job over two other finalists; David Berard, who led the Huskies to a winning season as their interim coach, and former Denver coach George Gwozdecky, who won two NCAA titles in 19 years with the Pioneers.